Quality of life and disease-specific functional status following microvascular reconstruction for advanced (T3 and T4) oropharyngeal cancers.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microbotox consists of the injection of microdroplets of botulinum toxin into the dermis to improve the different lower face and neck aging components. No clinical trial has evaluated its effect on the different face and neck components and no study has compared it to the "Nefertiti lift" procedure. METHODS...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Awaida CJ,Jabbour SF,Rayess YA,El Khoury JS,Kechichian EG,Nasr MW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this Special Topic article is to present the current state of scientific evidence related to the safety of silicone breast implants. There is presently overwhelming evidence to support the safety of silicone breast implants. Ultimately, the decision to obtain, keep, or remove breast implants is the choi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rohrich RJ,Kaplan J,Dayan E

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were (1) to determine the extent of sensory recovery on hemitongues reconstructed with innervated radial forearm flaps and (2) to assess the influence of various clinical and surgical factors over the return of sensation, including the use of different recipient nerves for neurorrhaphy. Tw...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Santamaria E,Wei FC,Chen IH,Chuang DC

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some modified surgical techniques are described for constructing a deep conchal cavity and pseudomeatus and obtaining high auricular projection in congenital microtia. At the primary operation, a rather small portion of the microtic vestige is utilized for the lobule by switching, sparing the skin for the concha, with...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Isshiki N,Koyama H,Suzuki S,Taira T

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, there is no standardized, comprehensive method to assess surgical scars after breast cancer surgery. This article evaluates the application of the Vancouver Scar Scale, in conjunction with patients' scar self-rating and scar-related pain, in a cohort of breast cancer patients. METHODS:Data were p...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Truong PT,Abnousi F,Yong CM,Hayashi A,Runkel JA,Phillips T,Olivotto IA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The idea of autologous fat microtransplants has recently resurfaced because of interest by the press. Past experiments have shown that small amounts of fat may be transplanted with an expected survival rate between 10 and 50 percent without ectodermis. A great fund of knowledge exists showing that skin grafts will sur...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ersek RA

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viability of axial pattern skin flaps in pigs was assessed by the use of intravenous fluorescein, intradermal injection of 133Xe in saline, intravenous 51Cr tagged red cells, and angiography. The results were correlated with flap survival at 4 days postoperatively. Intravenous fluorescein provided the most accurat...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Prather A,Blackburn JP,Williams TR,Lynn JA

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the experience acquired using the depressor anguli oris flap for lateral lower lip reconstruction, the authors in this paper present their own technique to reconstruct large deficits of the lower lateral lip, involving the commissure and the mental region, by means of a platysma muscle cutaneous flap with a t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Moschella F,Cordova A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although endothelial cell injury and microcirculatory intravascular thrombosis have been implicated in the pathophysiology of skin-flap failure, the basic underlying pathophysiology has not been documented previously. This study focuses on the morphologic changes and the alteration in platelet, fibrinogen, antithrombi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hjortdal VE,Sinclair T,Kerrigan CL,Solymoss S

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Local anesthetic injection is often cited in literature as the most painful part of minor procedures. It is also very possible for all doctors to get better at giving local anesthesia with less pain for patients. The purpose of this article is to illustrate and simplify how to inject local anesthesia in an a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Strazar AR,Leynes PG,Lalonde DH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A somatic mutation in GNAQ (c.548G>A; p.R183Q), encoding Gαq, has been found in syndromic and sporadic capillary malformation tissue. However, the specific cell type containing the mutation is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine which cells in capillary malformations have the GNAQ mutation. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Couto JA,Huang L,Vivero MP,Kamitaki N,Maclellan RA,Mulliken JB,Bischoff J,Warman ML,Greene AK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dentofacial deformities are traditionally treated by maxillary and mandibular osteotomies conducted separately or simultaneously. Recently, distraction osteogenesis has become an irreplaceable part of the surgical armamentarium, for its ability to induce new bone formation between the surfaces of bone segments that ar...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schendel SA,Hazan-Molina H,Aizenbud D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttraumatic enophthalmos, though a difficult problem, is correctable by traditional craniofacial techniques. Based on considerable experience with these wide exposure operations, our surgical strategy has evolved and has been distilled into one of limited exposure via lateral upper blepharoplasty, transconjunctival ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Longaker MT,Kawamoto HK Jr

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although reconstruction of anterior mandibular oncologic defects with bony free flaps is considered the standard method of treatment, the optimal reconstruction of posterior defects is controversial. The authors' goal was to compare outcomes using either a vascularized bone flap or a soft-tissue free flap fo...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hanasono MM,Zevallos JP,Skoracki RJ,Yu P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pressure garment therapy, used for reduction of postburn scarring, is commonly initiated after complete healing of the wound or autograft. Although some clinicians have suggested that earlier treatment may improve outcomes, the effect of early initiation of therapy has not been studied in a controlled enviro...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： DeBruler DM,Baumann ME,Blackstone BN,Zbinden JC,McFarland KL,Bailey JK,Supp DM,Powell HM

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preservation of the scroll area is essential when performing rhinoplasty to achieve a good functional outcome. This is of particular concern with tip-plasty procedures. The objectives of this study were (1) to describe a novel tip-plasty procedure consisting of sliding the cephalic portion of the alar cartil...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Racy E,Fanous A,Pressat-Laffouilhere T,Benmoussa N

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) delivered on an absorbable collagen sponge is a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved therapy effective at generating bone formation. In pediatric patients for whom other therapeutic options have been exhausted, rhBMP-2 is used off-label to addres...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kinsella CR Jr,Cray JJ,Durham EL,Burrows AM,Vecchione L,Smith DM,Mooney MP,Cooper GM,Losee JE

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adenosine triphosphate (ATP) content of keloids and scars resected from patients was demonstrated by high-performance liquid chromatography. The surface color of hypertrophic scars was red or pink and that of atrophic scars was white. The ATP content of red scars was (in mmol/g protein) 1.06 +/- 0.14, of pink scar...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ueda K,Furuya E,Yasuda Y,Oba S,Tajima S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the prevalent use of hyaluronic acid-based filling materials for facial soft-tissue augmentation and favorable reports of durability in the infraorbital region, no quantitative data exist on the long-term durability of these products following injection. This study represents the first attempt to use...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Donath AS,Glasgold RA,Meier J,Glasgold MJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old girl had a cyst excised from the left buttock in 1988. The cyst was diagnosed to be a cutaneous ciliated cyst, since histologic examination using special stains demonstrated its lining to be similar to fallopian tube epithelium. Only 20 such cases have been published to date, and this report is probably...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Varma SK,Rayner SS,Brown LJ

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin adhesives have become standard in wound closure as alternatives to traditional sutures or as sterile occlusive dressings after surgery of all types. The literature is replete with case reports of contact dermatitis following exposure to cyanoacrylate-based adhesives, such as 2-octyl cyanoacrylate. Nonetheless, it...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nigro LC,Parkerson J,Nunley J,Blanchet N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experience with 20 full-thickness cheek reconstruction in 17 patients over the past 27 years is presented. The evolution of techniques for management of full-thickness cheek defects reflects our gradual appreciation of the longitudinal artery concept within axial and musculocutaneous flap units. During the 1950s, ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bunkis J,Mulliken JB,Upton J,Murray JE

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the use of free flaps has become a major option for head and neck reconstruction, the pectoralis major myocutaneous flap still plays an important role because of its advantages and its convenience as a pedicle flap located adjacent to head and neck lesions. However, there remain two problems with th...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rikimaru H,Kiyokawa K,Watanabe K,Koga N,Nishi Y,Sakamoto A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 3 patients with the Pierre Robin Syndrome who developed severe problems of airway obstruction after having the cleft palate closed and a pharyngeal flap done simultaneously. We now believe that, even at a later age, pharyngeal flaps should be done in these patients only after a most careful assessment of t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Jackson P,Whitaker LA,Randall P

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical treatment of injuries with loss of skin tissue has improved significantly with the advent of regenerative medicine and tissue bioengineering, and the use of stem cells and dermal substitutes. The success of tissue regeneration depends on optimal local vascularization and the successful integration o...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Meruane MA,Rojas M,Marcelain K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used dacryoscintigraphy to study the efficiency of the lacrimal system following the repair of a divided lower canaliculus in 4 children. This test has been reliable in evaluating lacrimal function and suggests that a canaliculus can be repaired and splinted satisfactorily. Our experience with dacryoscintigrap...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hoehn JG,Vitale P,Elliott RA Jr

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomic distribution and potential arterial flow patterns of the circumflex scapular artery were investigated by Microfil injection. These studies demonstrated that the circumflex scapular artery lies within the dorsal thoracic fascia, which plays a significant role in the circulation of the overlying skin and su...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kim PS,Gottlieb JR,Harris GD,Nagle DJ,Lewis VL

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tibial resection in children presents a unique reconstructive challenge because of technical demands, future growth potential, and repetitive loading of the lower extremity. Positioned in a tibial defect, the free fibula undergoes primary bone healing while maintaining intrinsic resistance to infection and t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schwarz GS,Disa JJ,Mehrara BJ,Healey JH,Cordeiro PG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Historically, the structure of surgical programs discourages women interested in both surgery and motherhood from pursuing a surgical career, and women plastic surgeons have been more likely than men to have no children or to have fewer, later in life. Female plastic surgery trainees now constitute over one-...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Furnas HJ,Li AY,Garza RM,Johnson DJ,Bajaj AK,Kalliainen LK,Weston JS,Song DH,Chung KC,Rohrich RJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation between plastic surgery education received through residency in Canadian programs and perceived preparedness for independent clinical practice among recently graduated plastic surgeons. METHODS:All practicing plastic surgeons having graduated from a ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ferron CE,Lemaine V,Leblanc B,Nikolis A,Brutus JP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00